Equipment Finance Sponsored by Equipment Finance News Deutsche Leasing receives an A+ from Fitch Published: 10th October 2024 Share On 4 October 2024, the rating agency Fitch (Fitch Ratings Ltd.) gave Deutsche Sparkassen Leasing AG & Co. KG a long-term issuer default rating of A+ (Stable Outlook) and a short-term rating of F1. With this rating in the “Investment Grade” category, Fitch is the first rating agency to confirm the company’s credit worthiness and solidity. Just a few weeks before, Deutsche Factoring Bank GmbH & Co. KG, as a Deutsche Leasing Group company, also received a rating of “A+/stable”. For both companies, which are wholly owned directly and indirectly by the savings banks, this is the first official issuer rating of its kind in their history. The long-term rating of A+ corresponds to the rating received by Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe. Lisa Laverick Editor - Finance Connect Sign up to our newsletter Featured Stories Newsgrenke posts €71.8m 2025 earnings and proposes higher dividend Corporate Member NewsDLL backs Alfen mobile battery deployment across Europe Corporate Member NewsPropel partners with Onecom to offer subscription finance for SMEs Equipment Finance